Asia refinery 2026 maintenance/outages
The table below lists planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns for 2026 compiled through a survey of Asian oil refiners and market sources.
(* Marks latest updates on planned maintenance or outages)
Latest news:
- Malaysia's Prefchem cuts refinery output after shutting gasoline unit
- Idemitsu plans maintenance at Keihin, Yokkaichi in FY2026
- Aramco reschedules two major refinery maintenances in Saudi Arabia
- Japan's Eneos shuts 128,000-bpd Marifu CDU for maintenance
For maintenance plans in the following regions click below:PLANNED TURNAROUND: Country Company/Location Unit Capacity (in '000 bpd unless specified) Timing 2026 TAIWAN FPCC/Mailiao No2 CDU, residual desulphurisation unit, residual catalytic cracker 540 Mid-March for 40 days until the second-half of April TAIWAN FPCC/Mailiao One of two vacuum distillation units, one delayed coker unit and base oil unit Not specified October-November JAPAN ENEOS/Marifu CDU 128 Mid-January - early April JAPAN* Idemitsu/Keihin CDU 70 Sometime in FY2026 JAPAN* Idemitsu/Yokkaichi CDU Not specified Sometime in FY2026 SAUDI ARABIA* Aramco/Ras Tanura Whole site 550 February 1 to March 7 SAUDI ARABIA* Aramco/Jazan Whole site 440 April 5 to May 24 UNPLANNED TURNAROUND: Country Company/Location Unit Capacity ('000 bpd unless specified) Timing/Reasons 2026 MALAYSIA* Prefchem/Johor One RFCC 70 Early Februrary - April (Repairs)
Middle East REF/ME Europe [REF/E] N. America [REF/US]
NB:
AU - Aromatic Unit
CCU - Catalytic Cracker Unit - makes gasoline
CDU - Crude Distillation Unit - refines crude into products
CFU - Condensate Fractionation Unit
CSU - Condensate Splitter Unit
CCR - Catalytic Reformer
DCU - Delayed Coking Unit
DHDS - Diesel Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
FCC - Fluid Catalytic Cracker - makes gasoline
FCCU - Fluidized Catalytic Cracker Unit
FOHDS- Fuel Oil Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
HOU - Heavy Oil Upgrading - refines fuel oil to lighter products
HCC - Hydro Catalytic Cracker - produces middle distillate fuels
KHDS - Kerosene Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
KHU - Kerosene Hydrotreating Unit
LRCC - Long Residue Catalytic Cracker
RFCC - Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracker - makes gasoline, propylene
RDS - Residual Desulphuriser - reduces sulphur content in product
RHDS - Residue Hydro Desulfurization Unit
RHDS - Residue Hydro Desulphurisation Unit
TBA - To be announced
VDU - Vacuum Distillation Unit
VGO - Vacuum Gasoil Hydrotreater
VRDS - Vacuum Residual Desulphuriser
VSB - Visbreaker
** - thousand tons per year
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